Check Your Health: Combating Skeletal Muscle Loss (Sarcopenia)

(KUTV) Sarcopenia is defined as the loss of skeletal muscle mass. Jon Young, ATC at Payson High School with Intermountain Healthcare says effects associated with sarcopenia include: lower basal metabolic rate, weakness, reduced activity levels, and there is an associated likeliness of increased body fat. This in turn increases the likelihood of hypertension and compromised blood glucose levels.